Five Bodies Recovered in Kenya at Suspected Site of Cult Deaths

At least five bodies were recovered from shallow graves on Thursday at a site in Kenya where victims of a religious cult are suspected to have been buried

Detectives carry a body bag with exhumed remains of one of the suspected victims of a religious cult buried in shallow graves in Kwa Binzaro village, located on the outskirts of Malindi, in Kilifi County, Kenya, on Aug. 21, 2025. Dicksy O'Obiero/Reuters

NAIROBI—At least five bodies were recovered from shallow graves on Thursday at a site in Kenya where victims of a religious cult are suspected to have been buried, an official said.

Excavations were continuing at the site on the outskirts of Malindi in southeastern Kenya’s Kilifi County, close to where hundreds of members of a doomsday cult were found dead two years ago.